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This is just a first test upload to demonstrate how I hooked up a Vuzix VR920 head mounted display and a bike sensor to my computer to allow me to have a bit more of an enjoyable experience while peddling away the calories in my garage on the stationary bike. More information here: bako.ca
25 responses so far ↓
1 Anonymous // Dec 9, 2009 at 2:26 pm
OR you can actually just go cycling outdoor…
2 Anonymous // Dec 10, 2009 at 11:18 pm
awesome!!!!!
3 Anonymous // Dec 12, 2009 at 3:01 am
Man you are genius!!!!!!!!!
4 Anonymous // Dec 13, 2009 at 3:12 am
Amazing!
5 Anonymous // Dec 13, 2009 at 3:50 am
Genius!!
6 Anonymous // Dec 14, 2009 at 4:04 am
This is great! You should include the steering somehow…
7 Anonymous // Dec 14, 2009 at 1:51 pm
i think ud get a head each after a while
8 Anonymous // Dec 16, 2009 at 9:10 pm
genius! as others have asked, can you turn? or only go straight?
9 Anonymous // Dec 19, 2009 at 9:39 pm
We adore you and your giant brain Aki!!
10 Anonymous // Dec 22, 2009 at 6:27 pm
So would I! I want to visit Japan SOOOO bad.
11 Anonymous // Dec 25, 2009 at 8:09 am
You are a genius!
Please sell those to the public!
Also with my choppy connection, a way to pre-cache my route would be helpful.
12 Anonymous // Dec 28, 2009 at 6:35 pm
Really cool, but doesnt the google picture morph make you feel sick after a while?
13 Anonymous // Dec 30, 2009 at 1:19 am
Wow… That’s brilliant. If it could turn, I’d probably never stop using it (if I had one of course). I already spend hours wandering the streets of Japan on Street View; it’d be epic on this setup.
14 Anonymous // Dec 30, 2009 at 8:52 pm
can you turn corners?
15 Anonymous // Jan 1, 2010 at 3:12 pm
mate you should consider selling kits so people can do this at home. I would definately buy one as I dont have good enough technical knowledge to do this myself.
Have you made a software application that you could just install on your laptop and run that you can download from somewhere?
16 Anonymous // Jan 4, 2010 at 12:58 am
This is absolutely awesome.
17 Anonymous // Jan 5, 2010 at 1:44 am
i meant “seamless” there obviously
18 Anonymous // Jan 5, 2010 at 1:48 am
nice one dude, you should make it slowly zoom on the image when you’re looking forward to make the transition between frames more seemless
19 Anonymous // Jan 7, 2010 at 8:29 am
Great work!
With a fan in front you’ll have headwind…
20 Anonymous // Jan 7, 2010 at 5:37 pm
a nicer transition between positions would be nice
21 Anonymous // Jan 9, 2010 at 3:18 am
im jealous your vr set up is awesomee
22 Anonymous // Jan 9, 2010 at 5:54 am
thanks! turning out that I need to work in some patches for planned routes. I keep wandering too much. 0:)
23 Anonymous // Jan 12, 2010 at 4:38 am
I was thinking I could the beagleboard later on, I think it has enough power to support this…
Currently, the only thing that stays on the bike is the sensor though, everything else I can just bring down and easily plug in.
I’m not convinced there’s a huge market for something like this. The displays, as really cool as they are, are still somewhat uncomfortable and very low res (VGA) for the price point.
(Though it’s still absolutely amazing technology)
24 Anonymous // Jan 13, 2010 at 8:23 am
I am jealous, that app looks great =) (I’m using a WinMo phone)
25 Anonymous // Jan 16, 2010 at 8:13 am
i was totally thinking about doing this kind of set up but in a car so my street view would update automatically to my cars location but turns out the new google navigation i just got on my g1 can do that